Bodybuilder Pleads Guilty In Ghb Case

A suburban bodybuilder pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to manufacturing and selling hundreds of gallons of the powerful date-rape drug GHB.

Jeffrey N. Kottmeier, 25, of Schaumburg, admitted he became partners with John Keith Dilg in the drug operation and showed Dilg how to make GHB, according to Assistant U.S. Atty. Scott Levine.

Dilg, 24, a former Southern Illinois University student from Elk Grove Village, was sentenced last month in federal court to 5 years in prison for selling 240 gallons of GHB and twice raping a female student at SIU after knocking her out with GHB.

According to Kottmeier's plea agreement, he sold much of the GHB he manufactured to other bodybuilders.